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Genesis 11:31 — King James Version← Study notes

And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran his son’s son, and Sarai his daughter in law, his son Abram’s wife; and they went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan; and they came unto Haran, and dwelt there.


Genesis 11:31Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 11:3129 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יִּקַּ֨חwayiqaḥ
and he tookconjH3947
bring · buy · carry away · drawn ···
תֶּ֜רַחteraḥ
TerahnounH8646
Terah
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
אַבְרָ֣םʾabərām
AbramnounH87
בְּנ֗/וֹbənwō
son hisnounH1121
afflicted · ite · ed one · appointed to ···
וְ/אֶתwəʾet
andconjH853
ל֤וֹטlwōṭ
LotnounH3876
בֶּןben
the son ofnounH1121
afflicted · ite · ed one · appointed to ···
הָרָן֙hārān
HarannounH2039
בֶּןben
the son ofnounH1121
afflicted · ite · ed one · appointed to ···
בְּנ֔/וֹbənwō
son hisnounH1121
afflicted · ite · ed one · appointed to ···
וְ/אֵת֙wəʾēt
andconjH853
שָׂרַ֣יśāray
SarainounH8297
כַּלָּת֔/וֹkalātwō
daughter-in-law hisnounH3618
daughter-in-law · spouse
אֵ֖שֶׁתʾēšet
the wife ofnounH802
each · every · female · many ···
אַבְרָ֣םʾabərām
AbramnounH87
בְּנ֑/וֹbənwō
son hisnounH1121
afflicted · ite · ed one · appointed to ···
וַ/יֵּצְא֨וּwayēṣəʾw
and they went outconjH3318
after · assuredly · bear out · begotten ···
אִתָּ֜/םʾitām
with thempronH854
among · before · by · for ···
מֵ/א֣וּרmēʾwr
from UrpronH218
כַּשְׂדִּ֗יםkaśədiym
of the ChaldeansnounH3778
Chaldees · inhabitants of Chaldea
לָ/לֶ֨כֶת֙lāleket
awaypronH3212
again · bear · bring · carry ···
אַ֣רְצָ/הʾarəṣāh
the land of towardsnounH776
common · earth · field · ground ···
כְּנַ֔עַןkənaʿan
CanaannounH3667
merchant · traffick
וַ/יָּבֹ֥אוּwayābōʾw
and they cameconjH935
apply · attain · be · befall ···
עַדʿad
topronH5704
and · as · at · before ···
חָרָ֖ןḥārān
HarannounH2771
וַ/יֵּ֥שְׁבוּwayēšəbw
and they dweltconjH3427
continue · (cause to · make to) dwell · ease self ···
שָֽׁםšām
thereadvH8033
thence · there (-in · of · out) ···
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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Priya NairNote1mo ago
Terah's Unfinished Journey
Terah is Abraham's father, and this verse is easy to miss. He starts the journey to Canaan, but then he stops at Haran. He dies there, and his son has to complete the journey. I'm sixty-seven, and I ...
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